Tom Sawyer is a 1973 American musical film adaptation of Mark Twain's 1876 boyhood adventure story, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, directed by Don Taylor and starring Johnny Whitaker as the title character, Jodie Foster as Becky Thatcher, and Jeff East as Huckleberry Finn. Ho-Chunk tribesman Kunu Hank portrayed Injun Joe.

The film was produced by Reader's Digest in collaboration with Arthur P. Jacobs (best known for producing the Planet of the Apes films). The film's screenplay and songs were written by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, who would go on to provide more award-winning music for the 1974 sequel Huckleberry Finn. It received three nominations at the 46th Academy Awards; Best Original Score, Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.

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